ALHAMBRA – Alhambra High School’s Joseph Becerra caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from Darrian Cazarin to regain the lead in the fourth quarter, and the Moors held on to defeat visiting Wilson High School 21-17 on Saturday night.

Becerra caught the 30-yard touchdown pass short of the score while surrounded by Mule defenders before turning and diving into the front corner of the end zone.

The senior receiver, who’s in his first year at Alhambra after transferring from Cathedral, also caught an 80-yard touchdown pass from Cazarin in the second quarter. He finished with five catches for 153 yards and the two touchdowns.

“You know, (Becerra)’s just a good-character young man and he makes plays,” said Alhambra coach Gil Ruedaflores.

“He’s a great football player, and you go to him when you have to make the plays, and that’s what we do.”

It was the home opener for Alhambra (2-1), which came from behind in the fourth quarter for the second straight week.

“We have a lot of winners on our football team and they play four quarters,” Ruedaflores said.

“They really believe in our philosophy and we’ve got a lot of really great kids.”

Wilson (0-3) took its first lead of the game in the fourth quarter when Emmanuel Soto caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Ray Gasque.

On the drive, two apparent Mule fumbles were ruled incompletions and the Moors were flagged for 30 yards in penalties.

Alhambra’s Cazarin threw two consecutive passes for touchdowns in the second quarter to give the Moors a 14-0 lead, the first a high-arching 7-yard pass to Mitchell Crockom.

Vailele Peko had runs of 16 and 17 yards on the drive.

Peko led the Moors in rushing with 14 carries for 85 yards. The junior also intercepted Wilson starting quarterback Luke Moreno in the end zone to end the Mules’ first possession.

Alhambra’s defense held its own against a balanced Wilson attack. Ten of the Mules’ points came off Moors turnovers. A fumble resulted in a 26-yard field goal by Eddie Rodriguez with 1:48 left in the first half, and Cazarin was intercepted by Ivan Moran on the next Alhambra possession, but Brandon Wilson ended the threat with a sack and time ran out in the first half.

“(The defense) played a tremendous amount of formations and adjusted well,” Ruedaflores said.